The Mentalist

Adrian Pasdar and Michael Imperioli have joined the cast of Doug Ellin's '40.'

The comedy about middle-aged men also stars Ed Burns and Michael Rapaport.

The single-camera comedy follows four lifelong friends as they navigate their 40s. Burns plays a married man and father who used to well-off, but hasn't worked in almost a year. According to Deadline, Rapaport's character is a married "neurotic everyman." 'Sopranos' veteran Imperioli plays a single man who isn't shy about self-promoting and Pasdar will play a Wall Street millionaire.

Rob Corddry's sick and hilariously twisted 'Childrens Hospital' has been renewed for a fourth season on Adult Swim. The Web series-turned-TV hit will shoot 14 new episodes later this year that will air on Adult Swim in 2012.

"I'm very pleased and honored by this announcement," Corddry said in a statement. "I'm also very surprised, given that I write this show when I'm very, very drunk. Season four promises to be a cry for help."

'Children's Hospital' debuted as a Web series in 2008, and unlike other online-to-network jumps, has proven extremely successful. It has been the No. 1 show in its time period among adults 18-34, 18-49 and 18-24 for the past 10 weeks.

'7th Heaven' star Stephen Collins is heading to 'The Office.' Collins, known to many as Rev. Eric Camden after his 11 years on 'Heaven,' will play Andy's father.

Collins made the announcement on his Twitter account. "Doing "The Office" this week. Ridiculously fun & talented group, including @Rainnwilson who I worked w/in his 1st job in '89 in the Park," he tweeted.

According to Entertainment Weekly, 'ET' actress Dee Wallace will play Andy's mother. Look for Wallace and Collins to appear in an October episode.

"I believe I have to also comment on your Simon Baker-esque wardrobe," said Yoeman. "I had noticed that you were channeling a little Patrick Jane." When the photos were shown side-by-side, there did seem to be a resemblance, even past the costume choice. "My goodness me, separated at birth," said Yeoman, calling Bush "Billy Baker."

'The Mentalist' is about to wrap up its season, which means Robin Tunney should be able to take a break. But as she explained on 'The Talk' (weekdays, syndicated on CBS) today, that means being away from 'Mentalist' lead Simon Baker. That might be more disappointing to her dad than to Tunney.

"Everybody is in love with him," Tunney said. "It's not just women. I think that my dad has a crush on him. He'll call and he'll be like, 'I saw last night's episode. Simon took my breath away.'"

Tunney will be working on a film called 'See Girl Run' during the break, but she's a little worried about that, too, since she'll be starring opposite her dog. And her dog was cast first.

"He melts hearts," she said. "He's kind of a star." Tunney thinks the pup might upstage her in the movie. At least there might be a better chance that her father will notice her work.

It's CBS's turn to shake things up with its fall schedule, which the network just announced this morning.

'CSI' is finally getting the boot from its longtime Thursday night time slot in favor of the J.J. Abrams-produced 'Person of Interest,' while 'The Good Wife' is getting transferred from Tuesdays at 10PM to the highly competitive Sundays at 9PM slot.

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According to Deadline Hollywood, the 'Dharma and Greg' star will play Julia, a single mom of two. Julia's mother did the majority of raising the kids, but when grandma decides she wants her life back, Julia has to raise her kids alone.

Sharon Horgan, a British actress and writer, created the series and will executive produce the pilot.

In other casting news ...

• Christina Ricci is in talks to join 'Pan Am.' The 1960s-set soap follows pilots and flight attendants at the once-prominent airline. Ricci recently popped up on 'Saving Grace' and had a guest arc on 'Grey's Anatomy.' [Hollywood Reporter]

• 'V' star Morena Baccarin is heading to 'The Mentalist.' Baccarin will play Erica Flynn, a matchmaker. The character is "attractive and sexy woman who seems as warm-hearted, sincere, and intelligent as she is lovely." [Entertainment Weekly]

• 'Party Down' star Ryan Hansen has joined the cast of 'Lovelines.' Hansen, who has another romantic comedy at NBC called 'Friends With Benefits' that has yet to air, will play Tim, a professor who isn't quite honest with his girlfriend. The pilot is in second position behind 'Friends With Benefits.' [Deadline Hollywood]

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On CBS's hit drama 'The Mentalist,' you can count on Tim Kang's Kimball Cho to be the most steady, dependable and compelling sidekick on the CBI (California Bureau of Investigation) staff.

Off camera, the seemingly poker-face actor is relaxed, funny and loves to laugh about himself, the show and life in general. In a recent interview, we got just the facts from Kang as we chatted about his primetime success.

How does it feel to be on a hit show like 'The Mentalist'?
It feels pretty good. We're in a very enviable position and we've been very lucky to get the kind of response that we've gotten for the show. You know, we come into work everyday and do the best job that we can with the material that's given to us.

Thankfully, the audience has been and hopefully will continue to be receptive to it. It's a unique position to be in just knowing the reality of the landscape. So it feels really good to go to work everyday.

'The Mentalist,' which returns tonight at 10PM ET on CBS, is the type of show that is constantly in danger of falling into the tedium of formula. Actually, it really is a formula show -- the set-ups are often similar, the way Jane interacts with the suspects/victims is often the same, the solution revealed at the same time in the same way -- but it happens to be a well-done formula show.

So the question as we head towards the second half of the third season is this: is it becoming too formulaic?